Sunday, June 26, 2011

Optimized Space Marines 2000

I must say this is by far the hardest marin chapter to make lists for.  They are now a relatively outdated codex where most of the other marine varients just do what they do but better.  But the good old space marines still have a few unique, not sucky things about them.  Legion of the damned!  Just kidding... they will always suck lol. 

But let's see what we can come up with. 

HQ
Korsarro Khan- moondraken 205

Elites
5 Assualt terminaters- 5 TH SS 200
Land Raider- multi melta 260
5 Assualt terminaters- 5 TH SS 200

Troops
4 Bikes- 1 multi melta attack bike, 2 melta guns 185
4 Bikes- 1 multi melta attack bike, 2 melta guns 185
4 Bikes- 1 multi melta attack bike, 2 melta guns 185
5 Marines 90
Rhino 35

Heavy
Land Raider- multi melta 260
Thunder fire cannon 100
Thunder fire cannon 100

Man on paper that looks pretty awful.  But, here's how it works.  It can deploy or reserve however much it feels like.  It's got 2 land raiders full of termie death to beat up a lot of things, and it's got tons of fast melta and some anti horde.  In some games I can push forward with the raiders and apply pressure from the flanks with all the bikes.  In others I can reserve, bringing one raider in from my table edge with a 21" threat keeping you on your half of the board, and then outflanking with another raider full of termies and 15 bikes.

It's deffinitely a finesse army but it looks really fun and I think it has some competitive potential!

2 comments:

  1. I like Khan, but I prefer a regular Captain Relic Blade/Shield on Bike with Biker lists. The outflanking does give some options though.

    Personally I would replace the 5 Marines with Sniper Scouts and use the extra points for Combi-flamers on the Bike units.

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  2. Uhh Nick cmon, optimized Space Marines looks like this:

    Vulkan
    master of the forge
    Ironclad
    Ironclad
    Ironclad
    Dreadnought
    Dreadnought
    Thunderfire cannon

    - all in drop pods

    5 scouts in a speeder
    5 marines in a Rhino

    2 speeders and some scout bikes

    everyone knows that.

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